Apparatus for watering coke-ovens.



No. 724,350. 'PATBNTED MAR. 31.1303.

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l APPARATUS ,F03 WATERING GOKEOVENS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1902.

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vUNITED y STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

' DANIEL BERKEY STAUFT, OF SCOTTDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR WATERING'COKE-OVNS.

SPECFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,350, dated -March 31, 1903.

Application ined May 26.1902.

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Beit known that LDANIEL BERKEY STAUFT, a citizen of the'United States,'and a residentv of Scottdale, in the county ofv Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania,- have invented a new and ImprovedApparatus for Watering Coke-Ovens, of whichthe following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to providea convenient and effective means for watering Aor cooling the coke in beehive coke-ovens preparatory to removing it fromthe oven.`

To this end theinvention comprises a novel sprinkling Vapparatus which may beintroduced through the oven-door into 'the oven, so as to lie over the bed of coke, and which is so constructed that it will automatically turn over the coke thoroughly to sprinkle the same.

The invention also provides means forl permitting of manually turning the sprinkler. The arrangement of the sprinkling pipe or pipes is such that the water is confined to the bed of coke and is not allowed to spray over the walls of the oven, since the sudden cooling of theseewalls'would tend to destroy them, as will be clearly understood by persons skilled in the art.

This specification is an exact description of one example .of my invention, While the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of an oven, showing the invention in use. Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional view of the sprinkler. Fig. 3is an enlarged sectional plan .View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of the sprinkling-pipes and the hollow pivot thereof, andFig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l.

10 indicates a central casing or body, to which leads a rigid metallic pipe 11, conducting the Water into the body 10. At its outer end this pipe 11 is formed with a union l2,j into which passes the water-supply pipe 14, and the union is also provided with a stuff-v ing-box 15.

which passes axially through the pipe l1 ,and carries at its outer end a hand or other operating wheel 17. y

1S indicates a spring-catch which works In the stuffing-box 15 is mount# ed to turn the enlarged part 16fL ofa shaftl,

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catch is engaged in .said notch 18a the shaft 16 is held at its inward oiioperative position.

When, however, the dog is released, the shaft 16.may be drawn outward into inoperative position-that is to say, in a position opposite to that shown in Fig. 2. The innerend of the shaft 16 is held to turn and to slide bya spider-bearing 19, carried 'byxthe inner end of the pipe 11.

In the upper end of the body or casing 10 is fitted a bushing 20, and in1 this bushing is arranged to turn the, hollow pivotV 21 .ofthe sprinkling-pipes. This pivot is held against axial movement by means of a locking-arc 22, pivoted at the `point 23 to the bushing 20 and provided at its free end with ahandle-24 and a locking-screw or other device 25, thislocking-screw holding the arc 22 engaged in an exterior groove in the pivot 2l, as Fig. 2 illustrates, and by these means the pivot is held to turn, but not to move axially.' The arc 22 may of course be thrown back to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. `At a point withinthe body 10 the pivot 21 is perforated, as shown at 26, so thatwater may enter into the pivot from the body 10, and just below this perforated point 26 a bevel-gear 27 is located, this gear being fastto the pivot and meshed with abevel-gear 28 on theinner end of the shaft 16.

29 indicates a pin projecting downward from the center of the pivot 21 and engaged with the bottom of the casing 10, so as to assist in sustaining the pivot to turn freely in f the body.

The upper end of t`he pivot 21 carries a T 30, to which are connected the sections 31 and l 32 of the telescopic sprinkling-pipes, the outer sections 32 thereof terminating in laterallydisposed adjustable extensions 33, and-these parts 30, 31, 32, and 33 being perforated, so that the water rushing into the pipes 30, 31, 32, and 33 and passing out of the perforations thereof will by the reactionary forces generated cause the pipes to turn with the pivot 21 after the manner of the well-known Barkers mill.

For the purpose of`holdingthe device while in operation I provide a bridge-tubeB-, in the lends of which are fitted screws 35, which enable said tube to be fastened horizontally in the door of the oven, and this tube is transversely perforated to receive the pivot-stud 36 of a clamp 37, which is adapted to span. .the main tube 11 and be fastened thereto by means of a screw 38, asfshown best in Fig. 5. v In using kthe invention slight water-pres- 'V sure is rst turned on to protect the pipes lfrom heat,`and then the tubes31 and are turned so as to lie in parallelism with the tube l1, and vthen the device is moved longitudinally through the door of the oven into the sa'me, as Fig.'1 shows.` The .bridge-.tube 34 is then put in position, and the pin 36 of the clamp 3,7 is-engaged with the said tube. An

f increased supply of water should now be l cient for this purpose or if it be desired to supplement this pressure, the sprinkle r-tubes may be manually turned by rotating the shaft 16, which imparts its movement to the pivot 21 through the medium of the gears27 and 28. By means of this apparatus the coke may. be very effectively and quickly cooled, andv when the operation is finished the sprinkling device may be withdrawn from the oven by a reversal of the operations required to introduce'the sprinkler.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted to at will with-y out departing from the spirit thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as maylie within the intent of myv claims.

Having thus described my invention, I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device for sprinkling coke, comprising a body or casing, a hollow pivot mounted to turn therein and communicating withl the interior thereof, said pivot projecting above the body, a perforated sprinkler-tube attached to the said pivot, a su pply-tube passing to the body or casing, and a lock device mounted on the top of the body and removably engaging the pivot to prevent its axial movement on the body, said lock device permitting the rotation of the pivot.

2. A device for sprinkling coke, comprising a body or casing, a hollow pivot mounted toI turn therein and communicating with the interior thereof, a perforated sprinkler-tube attached to the'said pivot, a supply-tube passing to the body or casing, and a lock device mounted on the body and removablyengag-- ing the pivot to prevent its axial movementf on the body, said lock device consisting of an arc pivoted at one end and adapted to embracethe pivot, the pivot having an annular groove in which the-arc extends and means for releasably holding the free end of the arc.

3. A sprinkling device having a casing or body, asupply-fube leading thereto, a hollow A pivot mounted to turn in the body and com- K vrnunicating with the interior thereof, a perforated sprinkler-tube held by and commun ieatingl with the hollow pivot, abearingrod 'extending'downward from the pivot within the body and stepped on thebottom thereof, and means extending through the supply-tube into the body, for rotating the'pivot.

4. Asprinkling device having a Ycasing or body, a supply-tube leading'thereto', ya hollow pivot mounted to turn linthe body and com mun'icatingwith the interior thereof, a perforated sprinkler-tube heldA by and communicating with the hol'low'pivot, a' bearing-rod extending downwardk from the :pivot Within the body and stepped 'on the bottom thereof, andl means extendingthrough the supply-tube into .the body, for rotating the pivot, said means coinprisinga rotary shaft inthe supply-.tube and beveled gears in thebody.` 5. A'devic'eifor sprinkling coke, comprising a body-or casing, a perforated sprinkler-tube arranged to turn vth'erfeifnandl communicating therewith, asupply-tubefpassing to the body or casing and lying in a'plane essentiall-ypar` allel withthat'ofthe ,sprinkler-,tuba "and means extending through the supply-tube and into the body for turning the sprinkler-tube.

6.v A device for sprinkling coke, comprising a body or casingfa hollow pivot mounted to turntherein and communicating with the interior thereof, a' perforated sprinkler-tube at# tached to thesaid pivot, a supply-tube passing to the body or casing and disposed laterally thereof, and meansextending through the supply-tube and into the body,said means connecting with the pivot to facilitate turning the same.y

p 7. In a sprinkling apparatus, the combinationv of abody or casing, a sprinkling-tube mounted to swing thereon and vcommunicating there-witl1,'said tube being'perforated on one side to be swung by the reactionary force of the escaping fluid, a supply-pipe' leading to the body, and means extending through the supply-pipe into the body to facilitate manually driving the sprinkling-tube.

8. A device for sprinkling coke, comprising a bodyor casing, a perforated sprinkler-tube arranged to' turn thereon and communicating therewith, a supply-'tube passing to the body or casing and disposed 'transversely thereof,

' a bridge adapted to bear the supply-tube, and

means for fastening this bridge in the mouth ofthe oven.l

9. A sprinkling apparatus, comprising aY hollow body, a sprinkler-tube mounted to swing thereon and com municating therewith, a supply-pipe extending to the body, and means projecting through the supply-pipe into the body and having connection with the sprinkler-tube, to permit manually turning the said tube.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. j

f DANIEL BERKEY STAUFT.

Witnesses:

l W. B. I-IUBBs,

HERBERT BOYD.

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